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Who

Raab is the publisher of Grand Central Publishing, the company formerly known as Warner Books. Authors on the Grand Central roster include Rosie O'Donnell, Stephen Colbert, and David Baldacci.

Backstory

Raab joined Warner Books in 1986 as a senior editor. She made senior VP/editor-in-chief several years later, and moved up to publisher in 1997. When the company changed hands in 2006, moving from the Time Warner family to French-based Hachette Livre, Raab stayed on as publisher. She now oversees the renamed Grand Central, as well as several other imprints: romance-oriented Forever, Latino-focused Solana, and Twelve, the buzzed-about new division helmed by Jonathan Karp.

Of note

Authors on (or once on) the Grand Central/Warner roster include Michael Moore, Billie Letts, Jack Welch, bestselling thriller writers David Baldacci and James Patterson, and Nicholas Sparks. The company was also the publishing muscle behind Jon Stewart's wildly bestselling America: the Book, Stephen Colbert's I Am America: (And So Can You!), and Rosie O'Donnell's recently released sophomore memoir, Celebrity Detox. Through the imprint Twelve, the company will be publishing Sen. Ted Kennedy's untitled memoir in 2009, for which the corpulent politico received an $8 million advance.

For the record

As part of the move to Hachette, Raab had to come up with a new name for the publishing house, and the winner was "Grand Central Publishing." The choice amused people in the biz— some snickered at its banality, others deemed it a bit New York-centric—although the runners-up weren't much better: "Blue Heron" and "Jack Straw."

Personal

Raab lives on the Upper West Side with partner Dennis Dalrymple. The couple has two children, Ian and Lola.